March 11, 2008
6:49 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
"Martin v. L?wis" writes:
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Actually, Knuth's bon mot was "Premature optimization is the root of all error."
From my .sig database:
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming." --C.A.R. Hoare (often misattributed to Knuth, who was himself quoting Hoare) "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil." --Knuth restates Hoare -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." --Butler Lampson